Turbine Confirms Upcoming Console MMO

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Turbine Confirms Upcoming Console MMO

Turbine Inc., developer of the criminally underloved Lord of the Rings Online, is currently at work on a Massively Multiplayer Online title for release on home consoles.

That news comes from a presentation given by Turbine's VP of Product Development Craig Alexander.

Alexander adds that the game is initially planned as an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release and that though it has two years of development and $20 million behind it already, the firm is targeting a nebulous, distant "early 2011" release window.

As for plot or setting, the company is being very mum on the subject, though MMO fan site Massively believes the game is a brand new intellectual property [http://www.massively.com/2009/09/18/agdc09-breaking-turbine-confirms-console-mmo-in-the-works/].

While Turbine refuses to clarify its console MMO plans any further, the developer has vowed to explain everything sometime in 2010.

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[AndyFromMonday]

If this will not be the worst idea ever shat out by humanity then I'm a reincarnation of Michael Jackson.

 

[Radeonx]

Sounds interesting. A great game that came too soon to be an MMO was Phantasy Star Online for the Gamecube. That could actually work out as a great MMO.

 

[Armored Prayer]

This wont end well....

 

[Monocle Man]

Rain down apocalypse!
A game we don't know anything about besides "you'll play it with many people at the same time" is in the making! How on earth could this not end as a disgrace to the gaming industry!?

Seriously.
It could be good, it could be bad, why not wait and see?

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Rain down apocalypse!
A game we don't know anything about besides "you'll play it with many people at the same time" is in the making! How on earth could this not end as a disgrace to the gaming industry!?

Seriously.
It could be good, it could be bad, why not wait and see?

Finally a voice of reason. I mean, come on folks. Care to explain why you're already saying this game is going to be terrible when you know nothing about it?

 

[hansari]

Turbine already has two MMO's and a lawsuit against Atari to deal with. Can it really handle developing a new game now?

 

[Meado]

Hey, as long as it's built for a console from the ground up, it could be pretty good. Everyone'll have a headset, and the combat should be more than just a copy of WoW's system (unlike 90% of MMOs out there).

 

[DRADIS C0ntact]

Could it finally be? Maybe?

Listen here Turbine...it better be Asheron's Call 3!

 

[Kiutu]

Not like its the first console MMO. It COULD work. PSU was pretty fun, just felt very bare, which is just a content issue. Im gonna be on the optimistic minority side.

 

[scotth266]

Rain down apocalypse!
A game we don't know anything about besides "you'll play it with many people at the same time" is in the making! How on earth could this not end as a disgrace to the gaming industry!?

Seriously.
It could be good, it could be bad, why not wait and see?

Finally a voice of reason. I mean, come on folks. Care to explain why you're already saying this game is going to be terrible when you know nothing about it?

I don't get it either. I mean, just because something hasn't been done much before doesn't mena that it's not doable.

 

[Insanum]

This will blow hard. I called it.

God Damn!

Fine. If YOU call it, I second.

EDIT: Actually, Im going to put it in the same category as Natal: I dont have high hopes at the moment.

 

[Nu-Hir]

As long as it isn't another WoW clone, I'll give it a try.

 

[hypothetical fact]

Gonna be one cramped dlc page if this is released.

 

[Doug]

Hey, as long as it's built for a console from the ground up, it could be pretty good. Everyone'll have a headset, and the combat should be more than just a copy of WoW's system (unlike 90% of MMOs out there).

Judging from my experiences on XBox live, most people either don't have a headset or choose not to use it.

 

[KaiRai]

I think the idea of a console MMO is good....


.....it will just never be done right.

 

[Delmar Wynn]

Could it finally be? Maybe?

Listen here Turbine...it better be Asheron's Call 3!

That would be awesome no doubt! I have a feeling it will be completely different, but man AC3 would be very nice indeed.

 

[TechNoFear]

With Warner Bros. investing in Turbine, rumor has it that it is Harry Potter MMO.

BTW In the report Turbine VP C Alexander stated "Under no circumstances should you attempt to port a title."

Yet Turbine's suit against Atari states that Turbine was in discussions to port DDO to console...